Summary heading
PP281/3 –
Inwards ships passenger manifests for Western Australian outports, single
number series
Function and purpose
This series
comprises lists showing details of persons arriving from overseas at Western Australian
Outports by ship during period 1904 to 1923. Outports include Albany,
Balla Balla, Broome,
Bunbury, Carnarvon, Cossack, Derby,
Geraldton, Onslow, Port Hedland and Wyndham.
Using the series
The
majority of the passenger lists in this series have been registered at item
level on RecordSearch. These can be retrieved by a
keyword search limited to reference number PP281/3. For those that have not
been registered, the Archives maintains paper
lists.
Physical characteristics
The lists
are held in manila folders with the name of the ship and date of arrival
printed on the front covers. In some cases multiple copies of the list in
different formats are found. Occasionally temporary travel documents are
included.
System of arrangement and control
The series
is organised into chronological order, then grouped by the first port of
arrival. A single number system of control has been imposed by the Archives in
order to aid retrieval and access.
Relationships with other records
This series
forms part of a large group of records that document the movement of people
into and out of Western Australia comprising incoming and outgoing passenger
lists, nominal rolls, crew lists and passenger cards.
Passenger
lists for Western Australia
were originally transferred to the Archives as a large number of individual
accession series. For incoming passenger lists, the accession series were
converted to one CRS K269, maintaining the original agency chronological order.
However, for the period 1904 to 1935, incoming passenger lists for outports
remain as PP281/3 and PP240/3.
Nominal
rolls, crew lists, outwards passenger lists and passenger cards remain as
individual accession series, and in some cases form part of CRS K47. Consult
the relevant series links for details.
Provenance
Disposal history
Additional information
The
following data was keyed from the paper transfer documentation:
Form
number: CA 11
Transferring
department: IMMIGRATION, GENERAL
DIVISION, REGISTRY
Date of
transfer: 25/11/1967
Archives
file number: RWP28/1/53